The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.